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Re: [PATCH 2/2] wl12xx Export chip id to sysfs

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"Kahn, Gery" <geryk@xxxxxx> writes:

Hi Gery,

> On Sun, Jul 17, 2011 at 11:16, Kahn, Gery <geryk@xxxxxx> wrote:
>> On Fri, Jul 15, 2011 at 13:56, Kalle Valo <kvalo@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>> Gery Kahn <geryk@xxxxxx> writes:
>>>
>>>> Export the chip id to userspace. This helps to change application behavior
>>>> according to architecture of the wl12xx chip.
>>>
>>> We already support exporting this type of information through
>>> ethtool's ioctl interface using the wiphy.hw_version, which was
>>> specifially added for this purpose. That's much better than yet
>>> another sysfs file.
>>>
>> Right.
>> In PLT mode it didn't show any information, but
>> that might have been a mistake on our part.
>>
>> I'll send another patch.
>>
> After some investigation, found that ethtool's ioctl interface doesn't work
> at this case.

This reminds me: I have patches for these issues but I never sent them
upstream. It's too late for me now, but I'll search them tomorrow (or
today to be exact..) and send them for testing purposes.

If I forget, please ping me :)

-- 
Kalle Valo
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